Improved method of drawing fluids from bottles



I. W. FOX.

Bottle Faucet.

No. 14,982. Patented May 27, 18 56..

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UNrTnn STATES PATENT @rrrcs.

I. w. FOX, or DURHAMVILLE, new YORK.

IMPROVED METHOD OF DRAWING FLUIDS FROM BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 14,982, dated May'27', 1856.

T0 aZl whom it may concern Be it known that I, I. WVILLARD Fox, of Durhamville, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in faucets, peculiarly adapted to bottles containing effervesciug liquids, and for other purposes; and I do hereby declare th at the same are described and represented in the following specification and drawings.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvements, I will proceed to describe their construction and use, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation representing the faucet closed. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation representing the faucet cut through the line 2 2, Fig. 1, and applied to a bottle.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the socket of the faucet, provided with a female screw on its inside to fit the male screw on the nose of the bottle B, to which itis applied in Fig. 2. The socket A, which is made circular, is connected with a square box or chamber, 0, which contains the plug D, and its packing E, which surrounds the plug. The spout or nose F of the faucet is made circular upon the opposite side of the chamber 0 from the socket A, so that when the faucet is opened, as represented in Fig. 3, there is astraight channel, through which the contents of the bottleBmay be poured; or if it is empty it may be filled and the plugD turned so as to shut the channel.

In making this faucet of britannia or other compositions of the softer metals, the socket, chamber,and nose may be all cast in one piece, the front side of the chamber Obeing left open the full size of the interior of the chamber (see the dotted lines in Fig. 1) to introduce the india-rubber packing E, which packing may be made in amold fitted for the purpose,or oth- The packing E is made to fit the interior of the chamber 0, with a cavity init for the plug D,and two holes, a a,on opposite sides, which correspond with the orifice in the nose of the bottle and the holeG in the nose F of the faucet, and also wit-h the hole H in the plug when it is turned in the position repre sented in Fig. 2. The plug D is made in the cility. It has a hole H directly through it, as represented, the-edges of which hole should be beveled or rounded off, so as not to fracture the packing when the plug is turned by the key I, provided with two projections, b b, fit ted to two holes in the outer end of the plug, as represented. The outer end of the plug may be faced with some harder metal more capable of resisting the action of the projections on the key. The square plate J is fitted to the open end of the chamber 0, and has a circular rim upon it around the opening through the plate,which opening is large enough for the plug D to pass through it with a female screw in it, the opening to which the male screw on the cap K is fitted. The cap K is a circular plate, with a hole in it corresponding to the outer end of the plug D, and its outer edge may be milled,so as to turn it more readily, and it has a circular rim oniit provided with a male screw to fit the female screw in the plate J, so that when the packing is inserted in the chamber the plate J may be put over it and soldered in, and the plug D inserted in the packing and the plate K screwed on,so as to hold the plug in,which completes the faucet ready for use.

When this faucet'is applied to the nose of a bottle, as represented in Fig. 2, the end of the bottle-nose is screwed against the packing, so as to pack the space tight between the end of the nose and the plug of the faucet, so as to resist the pressure of the contents of the bottle.

I contemplate that the construction of faucets with my improvements may be modified in Various ways which will readily suggest them selves to skillful artisans, and that the chamber for the packing may be made circular and fluted on the inside to prevent the packing from turning with the plug, and that the hole or cavity in-the packing for the plug may be made entirely through it, or otherwise, as may be preferred; also, that the hole in the plate J may be made small enough to it the outer end of the plug, which may be inserted in the packing before the plate is soldered in 5 also, that when the chamber for the packingis made circular, and ribbed or fluted to prevent the packing from turning, the plate J may be dispensed with, and a thread or screw cut on the inside or outside of the chamber, and the cap-K made to fit it,so that the packing can be removed and replaced without unsoldering or soldering.

This faucet is particularly intended for glass, stone, earthen, and other bottles, used to hold effervescing beverages which act strongly against the interior, and by using it the expense of corks and twine and the labor of tying in the cocks may be saved.

The advantages of the above-described improvements are,first,the same material which packs the plug packs the end of the bottle nose or pipe to which the faucets are applied, and saves the necessity of any other packing; second, when the faucets are made as contemplated, the packing can be removed and renewed with facility as often as it becomes necessary.

I believe I have described the construction, operation, and use of my improvements so as to enable any person skilled in the art to construct and use the same. I will now specify what I desire to secure by Letters Patent.

I. \VILLARD FOX.

WVitnesses:

S. E. BARNES, Tnos. H. DAY. 

